A Ryanne Lexicon

Just in case you want to speak her language...

muh - milk (formula), usually accompanied by sign language and/or banging on the refrigerator
mo - more, accompanied by pointing, usually at my food
get down - scolding herself, most often when she is climbing on something she knows she shouldn't be
all done - when she is finished eating, bathing, showing off (for instance, if I ask her one too many times where her nose is or what the kitty says, she will tell me "all done" and refuse to answer)
deuce - juice, usually said while holding her cup of delicious juice high in the air
puppy - her aptly named stuffed dog
ball - a ball
mommy, mama - she never calls me this, but she will say it if I tell her to
dada - dad, accompanied by pointing at the computer screen where he always appears
up - pick me up, put me down, help me climb on this
woof woof woof - what the doggy says
me-aw - what the kitty says
kitty - the kitties
hi, bye - obvious
no - nose. Accompanied by pointing at her nose. Oddly, she hasn't actually learned the word "no" as in, I will not do that, although sometimes she shakes her head if I ask her to do something and she doesn't want to
teeth - her teeth (puts finger in mouth)
toe - her toes
p.u. - what she says after I smell her feet
waffle - what can I say, the girl loves her eggos with strawberry syrup
uh-oh - typically said with attitude, as in 'I just threw that on the ground but I am going to pretend it was an accident'
shooo - the things that go on feet
nummy nummy nummy nummy - said quickly and repeatedly, if she likes something she's eating, like my grilled cheese sandwich this evening
cheese - cheese
bo - any one of Stanley's bones or chew toys
mine - sigh. I don't know who taught her this one.

Right now I love it when she learns new words. I'm sure by the time she is a teenager, Mark and I will be wondering why, oh why, we thought it was necessary to teach her to talk.